“No use permitting some prophet of doom to wipe every smile away!” sings Sally Bowles in the musical “Cabaret.” Well, I’m not here to erase every grin in Times Square, but I guarantee that a lot of folks on Broadway won’t be beaming come Tuesday morning. That’s when the 2024 Tony Award nominations will be … Read more
Theater review UNCLE VANYA Two hours and 30 minutes. At the Vivian Beaumont Theatre, 150 West 65th Street. When Steve Carell emerges from behind a bench onstage at the Vivian Beaumont Theatre, the crowd giggles automatically at the “Office” star. Now playing the hapless title role in Anton Chekhov’s “Uncle Vanya,” the revival of which … Read more
Theater review MARY JANE Ninety minutes with no intermission. At the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre, <br>261 W. 47th St. <br>Through June 2. Rachel McAdams brings an instantly heartbreaking quality to her performance in “Mary Jane”: Her steadfast optimism. Writer Amy Herzog’s affecting play, which opened Tuesday night on Broadway at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre, … Read more
Theater review PATRIOTS Two hours and 40 minutes, with one intermission. At the Barrymore Theatre, 243 West 47 Street. Through June 23. What a bore-scht. Peter Morgan’s new play “Patriots,” about how Russian oligarchs catastrophically enabled the rise of Vladimir Putin, opened Monday at the Barrymore Theatre on Broadway. It’s as slow and frigid as … Read more
Maya Hawke says making “Wildcat” with her dad, Ethan Hawke, felt effortless. “We’ve spent our whole lives making things together, talking about art, seeing plays, going to art museums,” she told The Post at a recent Cinema Society screening of their movie, “Wildcat.” “Working on plays in the living room, helping me with audition tapes … Read more
The truth is, she never left us. Patti LuPone will come back to Broadway this fall, more than two years after she dramatically tossed out her actors union card, The Post has learned. And, in typical LuPone fashion, her return won’t be low-key. The three-time Tony Award winner will star opposite none other than Mia … Read more
Dolly Lewis plays clinically blind ex-cop Tess Avery in “Sight Unseen” — and her acting comes from a very real place. That’s because Lewis has detached retinas in both of her eyes, “not as severe as Tess’ condition,” she told The Post, but dangerous if not closely monitored. “The showrunners based Tess’ experience off a … Read more
Playwright John Patrick Shanley likes to run ideas past the people who populated his youth growing up in the Bronx. But one of his regular helpers isn’t even human. “I definitely confer with Bugs Bunny,” the Tony Award and Oscar winner told The Post. Shanley, 73, thinks the tricky rabbit exemplifies New York attitude. “He … Read more
Midtown’s swell, but lately New York’s hottest tickets are well below 42nd Street. While theaters in the city and around the country have struggled in the face of skyrocketing expenses and sagging attendance, a group of commercial off-Broadway shows have bucked the trend and are packing in ticket-buyers. Two of them, I’m both happy and … Read more
Theater review AN ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE One hour and 50 minutes with no intermission. At Circle in the Square Theatre, 235 W. 50th St. There is an unintentionally funny line in the compelling revival of “An Enemy of the People” that opened Monday night on Broadway. “We’re behind you like a wall!” a small-town … Read more
Sixteen going on 17? Try 18. That’s the eye-popping number of plays and musicals that are opening on Broadway this spring. The wallop of shows, the most in ages, runs the gamut. There are adaptations of classic American novels and a ripped-from-the-headlines Soviet political thriller. Some feature A-list actors, while others are composed by hit-making musicians. … Read more
He was a big Oscar loser, but he nearly won over the kids of Abbott Elementary. Bradley Cooper, 49, remained Oscar-less on Sunday night, failing to take home a trophy for a 12th time, this year for “Maestro.” But, after the ceremony on ABC, an episode of the hit comedy “Abbott Elementary” aired — and … Read more
It’s hard to believe it’s been 20 years since the off-Broadway premiere of “Doubt,” John Patrick Shanley’s scorching drama about a nun who suspects the parish pastor of being a child molester. Theater review DOUBT 90 minutes with no intermission. At the Todd Haimes Theater, 227 W. 42nd Street. Not because time has flown. It … Read more
More than once during “Oh, Mary!,” which opened Thursday night off-Broadway, it hits you: How am I laughing so uncontrollably at a play about Mary Todd Lincoln? Yes, Abraham Lincoln’s wife is the subject of this riotous new comedy at the Lucille Lortel Theatre, written by and starring Cole Escola, that definitely does not aim … Read more
She’s ditching Waystar Royco for the Great White Way. Sarah Snook, the “Succession” star who won the Emmy Award for Best Actress in a Drama on Monday night, plans to make her Broadway debut next season. A source told The Post that Snook will come to New York with “The Picture of Dorian Gray” once … Read more
After a nearly five-year hiatus, “True Detective” is back for Season 4 with stars Jodie Foster and Kali Reis. “It was really interesting to see how [Foster] portrayed [her character] as such an a – – hole. But in all the right ways,” Reis, 37, told The Post. “It’s such a button-pusher to [my character] Navarro.” … Read more
The Ferrari automobile ranks among the most enduring symbols of taste, affluence and a love of speed. Arnold Schwarzenegger, Magnum P.I., “Miami Vice’s” Crockett and Tubs and James Bond villainess Xenia Onatopp all drive the Italian sports car whose “throaty rumble” thrills its devoted fans. Classy as the cars may be, the man behind them, … Read more
Sometimes the best reason to watch a movie is because Isabelle Huppert is in it. That’s pretty much true of “La Syndicaliste,” a tangled if certainly watchable French true-crime drama about dirty political doings in the nation’s nuclear energy industry. Filled with men and women with furrowed brows, running and declaiming and sometimes explosively blowing … Read more
There’s no bad blood between Jamie Lynn Spears and Britney Spears — at least according to the “Zoey 101” star. Jamie Lynn, 32, spoke about growing up with her “Toxic”-singing sister Saturday on the British reality show “I’m a Celebrity…Get Me Out Of Here.” TV presenter Fred Sirieix asked Jamie Lynn to reminisce on Britney’s infamous … Read more
“Stranger Things” Season 5 is a long way off (perhaps even as distant as 2026) due to the ongoing SAG-AFTRA strike. But to soften the blow, Netflix has dropped a video preview of the upcoming stage play “Stranger Things: The First Shadow,” which begins performances this month in London. “We were in the middle of … Read more